RPC I, 4456

 

Image of specimen #11

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4456
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Claudia Leucas
Reign Roman Republic
Person (obv.) Mark Antony (imperator)
Issue Antony
Dating 37/31 BC
Obverse inscription
Obverse design head of Antony, right
Reverse inscription ΒΑΛΑΝΕΩΤΩΝ, ΑϘϹΥ (in field), ΔΙ (under forelegs of the quadriga)
Reverse design quadriga, left, with god wearing tiara
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 3
Reference RN 1964, 41, no. 1
Specimens 13 (4 in the core collections)
Note Α might stand for year 1 of the Antonian era, i.e., 37/36 BC. Is there actually 􏰲ΔΙ in the exergue, or is this an error (point raised by MM 85, 11 April 1997, lot 177).
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1908,0405.1
2 2     P: 968
3 3     P: 969
4 4     Beirut
5 5     P. Villemur coll. = CNG EA 181, 6 Feb. 2008, lot 245
6 6     Bern JPR 5493
7 7     RBW
8 8     RBW (ex Sternberg XXVI, 16 Nov. 1991, lot 262)
9 9     RBW
10 10     RBW (ex MM 85, 11 Apr. 1997, lot 177)
11 11     ✸ Rauch 102, 7 Nov. 2016, lot 309
12 12     Naville Numismatics 62, 13 Dec. 2020, lot 198
13 13     B: 18258915, 1914/158